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Re: [Bug-tar] Can't get --owner/--group to work when extracting (GNU tar


From: Sergey Poznyakoff
Subject: Re: [Bug-tar] Can't get --owner/--group to work when extracting (GNU tar 1.20)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:40:48 +0300

Amit Dor-Shifer <address@hidden> ha escrit:

> amit0 ~ # tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.20
> 
> I read in the manpage:
> <QUOTE>
>        --owner USER
>               change owner of extraced files to USER

The manpage is wrong. The --owner option works only when
creating archives. See the GNU tar manual, section 4.3.1,
for a detailed description. Please, report this to the author
of the manpage.

Regards,
Sergey




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